marginally

英 [ˈmɑːdʒɪnəli]

美 [ˈmɑːrdʒɪnəli]

adv.  轻微地; 很少地; 微不足道地

IELTS

Collins.1 / BNC.9531 / COCA.12390

牛津词典

adv.

• 轻微地；很少地；微不足道地
  very slightly; not very much
  1. They now cost marginally more than they did last year.
     他们现在并不比去年贵多少。

柯林斯词典

• ADV 略微;稍微
  Marginallymeans to only a small extent.
  1. Sales last year were marginally higher than in 1991...
     去年的销售额比1991年略有增加。
  2. The Christian Democrats did marginally worse than expected...
     基督教民主党人的表现比预期稍有逊色。
  3. These cameras have increased only marginally in value over the past decade.
     在过去10年里，这些照相机的价格只是略有提高。

英英释义

adv

• in a marginal manner
  1. marginally interesting

双语例句

• One reader said he and his wife recouped expenses by returning duplicate or marginally useful gifts for refunds.
  一位读者说，他和妻子节省费用的方法是将多余的或者没太大用处的礼物退给商店。
• If banks respond to the latest official measures, credit should ease marginally for smaller companies in coming months.
  如果银行对最新政府举措做出回应，那么未来几个月，微小公司的信贷状况应会略微缓解。
• More importantly in the Chinese context, money supply growth is also slowing, albeit marginally.
  在中国当前环境下，更重要的是货币供应增长也在放缓，尽管放缓幅度不大。
• This year's profits were marginally higher than last year's.
  今年的利润比去年稍微高些。
• Social conditions were only marginally better than those they had left.
  他们的社会状况只比之前好上一星半点。
• When it came to remarriage, the risk was only marginally reduced for women while men bounced back.
  而如果再婚，对女人来说风险只是稍微降低了一点，对男人来说却如获新生。
• The deal on Spain was marginally better on paper.
  理论上，关于西班牙的协议稍微好一些。
• If QE successfully reduced government-borrowing costs, the pressure for ever-stricter austerity measures would ease marginally.
  如果量化宽松成功降低了政府的借贷成本，那么空前严苛的紧缩措施将会有所放松。
• In New Zealand, Estonia and Argentina, women scored marginally more than men.
  而在新西兰，爱沙尼亚和阿根廷则发现女性的得分已经开始高于男性。
• The pick up in yields helps improve relative valuations that favor US Treasuries marginally over Euro-zone Government debt.
  收益率的提升使得美国国债的估值相对于欧元区政府债券更有吸引力。